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... beginning of words . It had the sound of a some- what guttural y . W was denoted by the symbol b ( wen ) . The whole ... beginning of proper names , for the nominative case singular of the personal pronoun of the first person , and for ...
... beginning of words . It had the sound of a some- what guttural y . W was denoted by the symbol b ( wen ) . The whole ... beginning of proper names , for the nominative case singular of the personal pronoun of the first person , and for ...
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... beginning of words to denote a g which had been softened , and supplanted the symbol 5 . The letters l , m , n , and r , are called Liquids . They can be par- tially sounded by themselves when pronounced with a vowel before them . The ...
... beginning of words to denote a g which had been softened , and supplanted the symbol 5 . The letters l , m , n , and r , are called Liquids . They can be par- tially sounded by themselves when pronounced with a vowel before them . The ...
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... beginning with a vowel is added to a mono- syllable , or a word accented on the last syllable , ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel , the final consonant is doubled . As sin , sinner ; thin , thinner ; rob , robber ...
... beginning with a vowel is added to a mono- syllable , or a word accented on the last syllable , ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel , the final consonant is doubled . As sin , sinner ; thin , thinner ; rob , robber ...
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... beginning of a word , it is called by grammarians aphaeresis ( taking away ) ; when it occurs at the end of a word it is called apocope ( cutting off ) ; when two syllables are blent into one , the process is termed syncope ( shortening ...
... beginning of a word , it is called by grammarians aphaeresis ( taking away ) ; when it occurs at the end of a word it is called apocope ( cutting off ) ; when two syllables are blent into one , the process is termed syncope ( shortening ...
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... beginning . Proper nouns are sometimes used like common nouns , when they denote classes or collections of persons ; as the Howards , the Cæsars , the Alps ; or when they represent the characteristics that marked some individual , as if ...
... beginning . Proper nouns are sometimes used like common nouns , when they denote classes or collections of persons ; as the Howards , the Cæsars , the Alps ; or when they represent the characteristics that marked some individual , as if ...
Términos y frases comunes
action adjective clause adverbial adjunct adverbial clause adverbial genitive adverbial relation Analysis Anglo-Saxon attributive adjunct attributive relation called Chaucer co-ordinate common Compare compound conjunctions connected consonant dative declension demonstrative denoting derived expressed father feminine following sentences French gender genitive German gerund grammatical Greek horse imperative mood Imperfect incomplete predication Indicative Mood infinitive mood inflections John juncts Koch language Latin letter masculine means modern English mute neuter nominative notion noun object old English origin Past Indefinite Tense Past Perfect Perfect of continued perfect participle Perfect Tense phrase plural possessive preceded predicative relation prefix preposition Pret qualifies referred relative adverb relative pronoun root sense Shaksp Shakspere Sing singular number smiting smitten sometimes speak spoken stands subjunctive mood subordinate clause substantive clause suffix superlative syllable Teutonic thing third person Thou tive transitive verb Verb of incomplete vowel vowel sound weak conjugation words writing
Pasajes populares
Página 165 - Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry; For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead; And he, neglected...
Página 166 - He staid not for brake, and he stopp'd not for stone, He swam the Esk river where ford there was none; But ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late : For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Página 204 - This is the dog, That worried the cat, ' That killed the rat, • That ate the malt, ' That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, That killed the rat, That ate the malt, That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 204 - That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cock that crowed in the morn That waked the priest all shaven and shorn That married the man all tattered and torn That kissed the maiden all forlorn That milked the cow with the crumpled horn That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 217 - For so much trash as may be grasped thus? — I'd rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Página 87 - Perfect Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. I have been, 1. We have been, 2. Thou hast been, 2. You have been, 3. He has been ; 3. They have been.
Página 147 - This may be well. But what if God have seen, And death ensue ? then I shall be no more ! And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her enjoying, I extinct : A death to think ! Confirm'd then I resolve, Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe.
Página 207 - I would have come. If he were to swear to it, I would not believe it. If I had any money, I would give it to you. Oh ! that it were with me as in days that are past.
Página 205 - We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition...
Página 149 - I have learned from one of your own honourable number, a right noble and pious lord, who, had he not sacrificed his life and fortunes to the Church and Commonwealth, we had not now missed and bewailed a worthy and undoubted patron of this argument.